Improvement in cloaks



C. DENNELBR.

Cloak.

No. 197,346. Patented Nov. 20, |877.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY WITN ESSES NAFETERS. PHOTO-UTHOGRAPHER. wlsmNGToN. D C.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES DENNELER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN cLoAKs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 197,346, dated November 20, 1877;

4 Qctober 20, 1877.

To all whom t may concern: 4 y

Be it knownthat I, GHARLEs DENNELER,

of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia4 and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented a .new and valuable Improvement in Fur and other Cloaks; and I do hereby declare -`that. i the following is afull,clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had'to the annexed drawings, making a partof this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon. e y

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of an inside view of my improved cloak, showing an arm engaged in a sleeve. Figs. 2 and 3 are detail sectional views of the sleeve.

This invention has relation to improvements in cloaks and other analogous garments.

The object of the invention is to protect the arms of the wearer` from the effects` of cold;

. to support them properly, and to facilitate the folding of the garment around the body without forming arm-holes or'other orifices in the material of the outsidej'of the said garment,

` whereby its symmetrical appearance is "preserved. e Y

The nature of the invention consistsin a Y cloak, having concealed sleeves between its f outside material and lining, openingat each end through the lining,or sewed to the lining upon its inside, whereby the results hereinbefore stated are4 obtainedfas will be hereinafter more fully described.

In the annexed drawings, the letter A designates an ordinary cloak, in connectionwith which I propose to? illustrate my invention. This cloak may be made of any of the usual materials, as. cloth Vor fur, and may be lined with flannel, silk, fur, `or other suitable fabrics.

In the lining L, `at eachside' of the cloak, two spaced slits, aA a', are x cut of equal, or nearly equal, length, and parallel to the front vertical edges of the' same.-V The sleeve B,

application tiled sewed or otherwise secured to the edges of A the slit a, and its rear edge `t-o those of the slit a'. By this means the sleeve is concealed from View, both from the inside and 'outside of the garment. y

It is evident that the sleeve thus formed not only keeps the arm warm, but also gives it a comfortable support, and enables the wearer to fold the cloak snugly around his body.

In practice the sleeve is made of fur or other suitable warm material, and may be long enough to receive the whole'arm or only a part thereof, as for instance the fore-arm.

In lieu of the mode above describedof attachin g the sleeve to the garment any other of the methods in use by mantua-makers may be used. Sometimes, especially' in fur-lined cloaks, where the hair side is turned outward, a half-sleeve, B', may be sewed directly to the lining L, as shown in Fig. 3.

In this instance the overlapping hair of the lining and half-sleeve will conceal the stitches, and the said half-sleeve will be double, in preference, in order that the sleeve thus formed may be fur-lined.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure -by Letters Patent, is e 1. A cloak or garment, having its sleeves between the lining and outside material therel of, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with a cloak ,n or garment, of arm-supporting sleeves secured thereto, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses. f

CHARLES DENNELEE.

Witnesses:

Jos. W. MAETnv, J oHN URIAN. 

